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‘Abhar al-‘Āshiqı̄n, 64, 97, 98, 99 Adam, 56, 68–72, 94–97, 133, 154, 183n50, 184n52 aesthetics, 3, 6–8, 9, 74, 85, 86, 99, 105, 108, 152, 153, 155 Aflākı̄, Shams al-Dı̄n, 90, 91 Asín Palacios, Miguel, 151–52 afterlife, sensual 152–54 ah ˙ dāth. See recent ones Akbarı̄s, 3–8, 24, 30, 43, 52, 88, 99, 103, 127–29, 133, 136, 151 ‘Alı̄ ibn Abı̄ T ˙ ālib, 107 amrad/murdān. See beardless youths al-Andalusı̄, ‘Abdallāh, 107 angels, 13, 20, 23, 51, 61, 71, 93, 133, 152, 154, 183n50 annihilation ( fanā’), 28, 42, 62, 66, 135 al-Ans ˙ ārı̄, Khwājah Abū Ismā‘ı̄l ‘Abdallāh, 159n18 Anwarı̄, Awh ˙ ad al-Dı̄n, 136–37 Arabic, 8, 31, 38, 45, 53, 64, 86, 104, 120, 133; ghazal, 37, 57, 96, 102, 108, 109, 113, 114, 120, 127, 128, 131, 132, 135, 137; lexical gender, 69–71, 182n41; literature, 6, 66, 69, 151; nası̄b, 120, 122, 138; poetry, 120, 134; qas ˙ ı̄dah, 80, 104, 105, 120 ‘Ārif, S ˙ adr al-Dı̄n, 129 asceticism (zuhd), 39, 56, 59, 61, 101, 113–14, 119, 152 astrology, 147, 148 ‘At ˙ t ˙ ār, Farı̄d al-Dı̄n, 86, 106, 107, 112 attentiveness (tawajjuh), 17, 23, 25, 84 a‘yān. See identities Baqlı̄, Rūzbihān, 64, 65, 96, 97, 98, 99, 107, 109, 113 barzakh. See isthmus al-Barzishābādı̄, Shihāb al-Dı̄n, 35, 36, 42 beardless youths (amrad/murdān), 9, 56, 61–62, 64, 66, 73–76, 85–86, 90–91, 94, 96, 99, 111, 113, 116, 117, 144, 155, 192n41 beauty, defined, 45; 2–9, 11, 17, 29, 35, 36, 41, 42, 63–71, 77–82, 89, 105, 124, 133–34, 149–50, 151; and excellent action (ih ˙ sān), 46, 52, 56; and love, 73–74, 76, 83–84, 97, 99, 100, 108; in spiritual terms, 58–60; relativity of, 48–52, 154; sacredness of, 10; theory of, 99; as jamāl, defined, 133–34. See also comeliness beloved, 54, 59, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 88, 89, 123–26, 131–33, 136–40, 147, 150, 152; activity of, 144; cruelty of, 142–44; needlessness of, 144–46; separation from, 79, 113, 123, 126, 138–40, 144, 146; as virgin, 78 bestirrings. See heart Byzantium (Rūm), 106, 107, 115, 139 General Index 228 General Index Christian (tarsā), 44, 59, 60, 106–9, 114, 152 comeliness (h ˙ usn), defined, 133–34; 45–52 passim, 61, 148 commentary, 6–10, 15, 22, 38, 42–44, 46, 64, 82, 103–4, 107, 120, 121–28, 129, 133, 137, 139–43, 150 companionship (s ˙ uh ˙ bah), 73–76, 90, 117; ‘Irāqı̄’s with Bābā Kamāl Jandı̄, 199n127 comprehensiveness, 5, 7, 20, 35, 45, 55, 71–72, 79, 81, 82, 93, 125, 144, 151, 154–56, 183n47, 183n50, 184n52 constitution (mizāj), defined, 173n16; 48, 51, 52, 66, 79, 81, 147, 153, 154; limits of, 51, 148; and personal taste, 48–51 contradiction, 37, 40–41, 61, 137–40, 143–44, 149–50 convent (dayr), 113, 132 cosmology, 3–7, 47, 50, 60, 65, 66–67, 69–71, 73, 74, 77, 87–89, 133, 139, 149, 152, 154–56; emanationist, 18, 76; love-, 53, 88, 109, 139, 144–46 cosmos, 2–3, 4–5, 12, 17–18, 24–28 passim, 32–36, 37, 40, 42, 43, 46–47, 54, 57, 68, 69–71, 72, 73, 78–79, 83, 88, 130, 134, 137, 139, 149, 154, 181n28 creating imitated customs (tasnı̄n), 73–75, 118 creation, 4–5, 12, 14, 17–18, 31–32, 34, 35, 39, 41, 47, 51–54, 56, 67–69, 72–77, 80–82, 93, 125, 137, 139, 140 Creator-created distinction, 12, 26, 36–37, 40, 43, 44, 61 cupbearer. See wine-server al-Dā‘ı̄ ilā Allāh, Mah ˙ mūd (Shāh Dā‘ı̄ Shı̄rāzı̄), 115 Dante Alighieri, 151 David, 67, 181n27 al-Daylamı̄, Abū al-H ˙ asan, 58, 74, 87, 97, 98, 99, 195n66; theory of beauty, 176n59 desire (shahwah), 8, 39, 48, 55, 66, 68, 72–74, 76, 79–80, 86, 92, 115–17, 119, 123, 126, 132, 134–36, 138, 140, 144, 149 dhāt/dhawāt: quiddities, 15, 159n20. See also divine divine: activity, 70–72; beauty, 3, 11, 17, 45, 46, 53, 56–58, 61, 63, 65–66, 74, 85, 91, 97, 105, 127; breath, 5...

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